Today I acquired...........

[Edward Teach]

Was a good day yesterday. Apart from hving to buy two new tyres. But a trip out with a friend to the beach made up for it.
She even brought me dinner.

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I got this for £1. I got it for spares for one I am restoring. The plane is a half moon shape, not the common flat type.

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Same shop had this set for £5.

To add to my dental tool collection I got this Sparklets anaesthetic tool. I hqve the box and 2 spare CO2 cans.


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This Baby Brownie Special.

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A good deal for the drill bits

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A good deal for the drill bits

Thanks.
My friend got 25 Router bits, in a box for £15. I have heard a sad rummour the place is going to be closing soon.

 

[Olderisbetter]

2 new outside taps 1 cold 1 hot with a thermostatic mixer inside for the dog shower mixer, also for humans of they smell.

 

[Pete.]

Boot fair this morning. I got 10 small F clamps for £2 each and a 10" ridgid stillson for £4.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Today I acquired a little more light in my life ... again

Visible on the mill a piece of CAD (cardboard assisted design) for a "chip fence" made of transparent polystyrene.

Either we are doing something wrong with the 2mm polystyrene sheet or it is just a pain to work with ... next time we might try polycarbonate glass ...


And some NOS measuring stuff from the liquidation of the "Sperrlager" = "storage area for blocked stock" has found its way to me again.

A fine 120°/60° angle, whose contact edges even seem to have been scraped.

And a much larger 135°/45° angle in a not so fine version in a quite attractive wooden box with sliding lid and without China skirting and fasteners.

A 350mm/12" caliper with fine adjustment, main scale metric, upper scale inch, both scales with vernier (which is not to be taken for granted, often the second scale has only a zero line), back with metric depth gauge.

My favourite piece from this haul: Another caliper, 14"/350mm, with fine adjustment, main scale inch, upper scale mm,
main vernier 1/1000", upper vernier 1/50mm, scale matted, screwed slide, inscription on beak for inside measurements ".4 Inch".

And a heavy - well, what actually? - Ruler? Yardstick? Depth gauge?
20" scale made of 14x14mm steel with matted measuring scale counting from right to left in a wooden case build to size.

Nice evening to all,

Carsten

 

[slim_boy_fat]

10 small F clamps for £2 each

A good buy, those are 20 Euros each.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got this lot yesterday. But the USB camera lead failed. So I could not down load them.

It was in a box marked up "Misc Eng Items"

£3:00 for the lot.

 

[awemawson]

Gosh I had a seal like that when I was in school neigh on 60 years ago !

 

[Moose McAlpine]

10" ridgid stillson for £4.

Great tools. I have a few Ridgids in various sizes and they're excellent. 10" is a good size. They don't half chew stuff up though.

 

[RichardM]

@25.4_mechanic have you tried the chip fence yet? Mine is taller than that and chips still come over the top.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

have you tried the chip fence yet? Mine is taller than that and chips still come over the top.

Hi Richard,

haven't tried it yet, maybe I'll get around to it in a minute, we've just converted two parts into polystyrene.

It's a first attempt and a compromise: higher and more closed would of course be better to keep the swarf and possible coolant in check (at the moment I can't think of that at all), but right now the top edge is higher than the current machining plane and if I go higher I block my spindle hand lever in some positions of the table.

As it is, it would be a dead end anyway, just moving the vice requires other pieces. When I find the right material, I want to make a system to plug together to be flexible.

Will report back.

EDIT: made one try, about 10% of the chips are going over it - under the specific conditions that the machine was actually set to

Carsten

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[DickyDoDah]

Picked this up for a few shillings today it's a good starter and runs sweet. Anyone now much about them? View attachment 341184

They're used for cutting that stuff you cant weld

 

[DickyDoDah]

I use mine a lot for cutting up one specific type of wood "burney werney keepy warmy"

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Got home today and found a box waiting for me, quick coffee with a neighbour who had taken the box in for me.

Who gave me this as I left.

Small Pen knife of a Cigar trimmer.

But what was in the box was this.
Found in a Israel Flea market.

The handle is missing, but I am sure we can rebuild that.

 

[bourbon]

Trench art. What size is it?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Trench art. What size is it?

British 18pdr.
Last filled in 1918
Percussion cap retaining ring was fitted in 1917, but the cap it self is to dented to read.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I also got some more bits in the box.

This Lucas Petrroleum Silver King.

I asked for it, for spares.

For this one.

This one I have had gathering dust for a few weeks.

Robed a few bits already.

It now lights.

The rest below was collectect from Pointy Head land.
Now this looks like a run of the mill Oil lamp.
Well most of it is. The Chemley is hand blown, the base is from about 1860. Thats as close as I can find the pattern in the manufactures archives. But the working metal parts are only 1930's.

A few more bits of german silver.

Anothr B&D Micro Chuck and a imperial "Mike"

They are going on a trip to a far away land.

This is also going as well.

Plus another Extinguisher for my collection.

 

[MattF]

A couple of angle grinder nuts. Similar design to the Jacobs one I use, so thought I'd give them a try. I'll update when I've used it. No need for a pin spanner with these.





I've used Sabrecut gear before, & always found it decent. Own brand for Top Tools/UK Planet Tools, I believe.

 

[Hood]

A couple of angle grinder nuts. Similar design to the Jacobs one I use, so thought I'd give them a try. I'll update when I've used it. No need for a pin spanner with these.

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I've used Sabrecut gear before, & always found it decent. Own brand for Top Tools/UK Planet Tools, I believe.

Look similar style to the Bosch ones I have used for years on the 9" grinders, wouldn't be without them. I did try them on the 4-1/2 and 5 inch grinders but found them just a bit too bulky for them but that is only a personal opinion.

 

[Hood]

Today I acquired, well actually it will be tomorrow as they are a birthday present from the boss.
A pair of motorbike jeans and D3O Ghost armour.

And the makers label is quite apt